Montreal to End Fluoridation of Drinking Water

Montreal area mayors and councillors have decided to end water fluoridation at two West Island drinking water plants, pointing to low human consumption of the drinking water, fluoride’s “corrosive” effects on infrastructure, and the availability of alternative dental health measures.
“Fluoridation will continue until supplies are exhausted to avoid costs associated with off-site disposal of unused fluoridation products,” the city said, adding the decision was made following analysis from the city’s water department. The analysis said only 1 percent of the drinking water produced at the plants is consumed by residents, and that “fluoride is a highly corrosive product that can damage our infrastructures in the long term.” In addition, fluoride cannot be removed through wastewater treatment, said the city.
The town also cited recommendations in favour of water fluoridation from the regional health authority, Regional Directorate of Public Health (DRSP), which called it “one of the few proven and universal preventive dental health interventions.”
Mary Holland, chief executive officer of Children’s Health Defense, told The Epoch Times in an email that the organization has been in touch with Coelho but has  “never formally offered funding for litigation on this issue.”
Holland could not confirm whether Coelho has had direct contact with Kennedy.
“Children’s Health Defense has been very concerned about water fluoridation and its toxic effects on young children and fetuses for some time,” Holland wrote. “Our founder, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has been outspoken on the issue.”
Kennedy says fluoride is linked to a range of health problems.